Exploring Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Emergency Department (CALD ED) study

Grant ID: EMLE-209R36-2021

Project Summary

Providing equitable and appropriate care to populations with cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) can be a challenge for Emergency Department (ED) providers.

This qualitative study aims to explore cultural and linguistic diversity in the ED, to inform evidence-based strategies to support patients from CALD backgrounds and guide subsequent research directions.

Researchers will consider individual patients, and their affiliation to people, organisations, their community and culture to explore barriers and facilitators to care delivery from the perspective of clinicians (doctors and nurses) and patients from CALD backgrounds.

The study involves collaboration with health and community partners, and a research team largely from CALD backgrounds whose language skill set will be utilised in a novel way (i.e. with translating information forms and supporting patient interviews).

The project is co-funded by a grant from the Gold Coast Health Collaborative Research Grant Scheme. Gold Coast Health is funding the quantitative arm of the study describing ED use by patients from CALD backgrounds.


Dissemination

Publication:

- Huang, Y.L., Thorning, S., Lin, C.C., Lee, R., Elder, E. and Crilly, J., 2024. Healthcare delivery to patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in emergency care: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), pp.1-6.

Presentations:

- Huang, Y., CALD ED phase 2: Cultural and social influences in care delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse patients in the emergency department (poster). International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) 2024, Taipei, Taiwan. 19-23 June 2024.

- Huang, Y., CALD ED phase 1: The profiles and outcomes of people presenting to the emergency department based on country of birth: an observational study (poster). International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) 2024, Taipei, Taiwan. 19-23 June 2024.

- Invited speaker (Huang, Y.) at the Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan to give a talk on the CALD ED study (phase 1 and phase 2) on the 18th June 2024.

- Huang, Y., Clinicians' experiences and perspectives on broader cultural and social influences in care delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse patients who present to the emergency department. Emergency Care Research Symposium 2024, Gold Coast, Australia, 23-24th May 2024.


SHARE

Amount Awarded
$72,609


Program


Grant Scheme


Status
Active


Principal Investigator:
Dr Ya-Ling Huang


Co Investigators:
Prof Julia Crilly OAM
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
Ms Amy Sweeney
Dr Shahina Braganza


Associate Investigators:
Mr Robert Lee
Dr Ping Zhang
Dr Wietske Blom-Ham
Ms Marina Chand
Prof Cindy Shannon


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Collaborating Institutions


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